Paula Abdul contractually obligates assistants to call her a “warrior, survivor & gift”

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In this week’s print edition of Us Weekly, there’s a piece called “Stars’ Shocking Demands”. Some of it is old information from concert riders and older interviews, but there are a few good ones that I’ve never heard. Here’s a good story: Jennifer Lopez was scheduled to appear at this year’s Billboard Music Awards until she heard that Beyonce was getting an award. Jennifer’s people tried to force Billboard to give an award to Jennifer too, and when they refused, Jennifer pulled out of her appearance. Also: Jennifer Aniston requests specific cheeses when she’s traveling – and no goat or blue cheeses. But the absolute best one is about Paula Abdul – her poor assistants:

Straight up: Anyone interested in getting hired as Paula Abdul’s assistant should get ready to tend to a kooky list of daily demands.

Among the 49-year-old X Factor judge’s requests, according to an insider? Each assistant must carry and use a tape recorder at all times “because she doesn’t trust her own conversations,” the source says.

“She also makes them check the TiVo for any mention of her and put it on a DVD.”

Abdul team members should also prepare to go through her email — and respond to family and friends as the star herself.

The “Forever Your Girl” singer also needed constant reminders that she is a “warrior, survivor and gift,” adds the insider.

[From Us Weekly]

LMAO at “because she doesn’t trust her own conversations.” You have to tape every conversation Paula has because she doesn’t trust the people she’s talking to – OR HERSELF. As for the “warrior, survivor and gift” part – of course. Of course, Paula, you are a warrior. So many battles! Sorry, so many self-made battles. I wonder how she trains a new assistant to do that? Like, is it in a contract? Or on the assistant’s first day of work, Paula just comes up to him and yells, “Say I’m a warrior and a gift!!”? I can’t really hate on crazy Paula, though. She’s too funny. Unemployable, but funny.

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  1. brin says:

    She forgot “nutcase”.

  2. neelyo says:

    I totally believe it, especially after watching her reality show. She is so incredibly needy.

  3. aenflex says:

    It’s easy too see tinge of ‘ggod person’ under there, though. Just a smidge.

  4. ladybert62 says:

    In that first picture, her eyes are strange – one is much larger than the ot her one. In the other pictures, she looks boney and has too much hair – if she styled her hair to about chin length or so, it would not overwhelm her head and body.

    Strange person – warrior? gift? Get over yourself Ms. Paula – looks like you are trying to falsely inflate your self esteem.

  5. anait says:

    Some of these people need to find a “real job” and live the “real” life, they live surrounded by “yes-men” who are interested in making them believe they could get what they wanted and they lose contact with reality. And we are responsible, too: we give them too much attention and are ready to forgive them each stupid things they do/say etc.

  6. Stubbylove says:

    Nuttier than a squirrel this one.

  7. Alix says:

    Help me out here: a warrior – against what? A survivor – of what? A gift – to whom?

  8. Happymom says:

    She’s a kook for sure. But I”m amazed at these personal assistants that put up with the most bizarre, rude and demeaning requests from “celebrities”. You know they’re on call 24/7, the pay couldn’t be all that great. Is it just so they can be in this world?

  9. StoGate says:

    Actually, Paula has a chronic pain disease that’s quite terrible, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. I remember this because I also have it. So she is actually a survivor and warrior, but for her to need constant reaffirmation is ridiculous.

  10. Anne says:

    I think this is brilliant!

    I can’t afford to hire people to say wonderful things about me, but maybe I can bribe and/or threaten my kids to call me ‘Supreme Goddess of the Universe’??!!

    That’s worth a shot.

  11. Mshuffleupagus says:

    I friend of mine who is a bodyguard had to sub for one of Paula’s bodyguards for a few nights once….he said it was the worst experience he’s ever had with a celebrity and he’s never doing that guy a favor again.

    It was back when Paula was still on idol, so he’s in her house at night waiting for her to get ready for some event, and he notices idol is on the television but he doesn’t go over to watch it.

    Then he suddenly sees Paula watching him in a bathrobe, and her face is covered in mascara and she’s sobbing. She goes up to him and berates him while sobbing about how he would insult her by not watching her show while he’s in her house. Then she goes back upstairs, comes back ready to go and looks at my friend like she’s never seen him before.

  12. Whoreywhore says:

    Yet another overdose waiting to happen.

  13. Funnelweb says:

    Wow ladybert62, you truly DO believe everything these tabloids say, don’t you?

  14. Str8Shooter says:

    Hmmm, now what kind of recorder will they need to tape the conversations WITHIN her head???

    Loser, Bottom-feeder, curse is more like it!